State Dept cable 1974-50122

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INFO OCT-01 ISO-00 CIAE-00 COME-00 EB-11 INR-10 LAB-06

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R011528ZMAR74
FM AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1510
INFO AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN
AMEMBASSY HELSINKI
AMEMBASSY OSLO
USMISSION OECD PARIS

UNCLAS STOCKHOLM 0868

E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: ELAB, SW

SUBJECT: GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SIGN 1974 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
REE: (A) STOCKHOLM 0353; (B) STOCKHOLM 0579

1. SUMMARY: UNIONS REPRESENTING 475,000 SALARIED GOVT
EMPLOYEES SIGNED 1974 AGREEMENT FEBRUARY 28 FOR
BENEFITS TOTALING 14.1 PERCENT INCREASE IN GOVT WAGE COSTS.

END OF SUMMARY.

2. STATE EMPLOYEES' SECTIONS OE CENTRAL ORGANIZATION OE
SALARIED EMPLOYEES (TCO-S), SWEDISH TRADE UNION
CONFEDERATION (LO-SF), CONFEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS (SACO) AND NATIONAL EEDERATION OF GOVT
EMPLOYEES (SR) SIGNED 1974 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT FEBRUARY
28 WITH GOVT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BOARD COVERING
475,000 GOVT EMPLOYEES.

3. TOTAL PACKAGE DURING 1974 AMOUNTS TO 1 1.7 PERCENT.

INCLUDES COST OE GENERAL REVISION OF WAGE CLASSIFICATION
STRUCTURE WITH ALL EMPLOYEES RECEIVING AVERAGE INCREASE
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OF 7.2 PERCENT. OTHER WAGE ERINGES ADD 1.7 PERCENT AND SOCIAL

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INSURANCE FEES 2.8 PERCENT. MINIMUM WAGE RAISED FROM SKR. 2,454
MONTHLY TO SKR 2,800 MONTHLY AND MAXIMUM FROM SKR. 1 1,706
MONTHLY TO SKR 12,230 MONTHLY. UNDER NEW WAGE CLASSIFICATION
ANNUAL MINIMUM AT AGE 33 FIXED AT SKR 38,000. ($1.00 EQUALS
SKR. 4.62). WAGE DRIFT GUARANTEE OF 2.4 PERCENT TO BE APPLIED
JANUARY I, 1975, MAKING TOTAL PACKAGE I4.I PERCENT. WORK TIME
REDUCTIONS TO 36 AND 38 HOURS FOR INCONVENIENT, HAZARDOUS
OR DIRTY WORK WILL ADD FURTHER 0.7PERCENT EACH IN 1975 AND 1976.

4. AMONG OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS ARE SUPPLEMENTS FOR
INCONVENIENT WORKING HOURS OF SKR 2.80 AND 5.60 PER HOUR,
DEPENDING IF NIGHT WEEKEND, HOLIDAY OR SHIFTWORK.

5. ACROSS THE BOARD INCREASE IN RETIREMENT PENSIONS

OF 7 PERCENT WITH MINIMUM OF SKR 140 PER MONTH FOR RETIRED
EMPLOYEE AND SKR 70 FOR EMPLOYEES SURVIVOR ALSO INCLUDED.
PENSIONERS HAVING RETIRED PRIOR TO JULY I, 1959 RECEIVE
SKR. 45 PER MONTH MORE. SICKNESS AND DISABILITY PENSIONS
FOR THOSE WHO RETIRED AFTER AUG 31, 1972 RAISED TO 90 PERCNET
OF PRE-RETIREMENT FINAL W Q
UJ EFFECTIVE JAN 1, 1974.

6. NEW AGREEMENT SAW SACO AND SR, WHO HAD BOYCOTTED
1971 AGREEMENT AS PAYING INADEQUATE ATTENTION TO CLAIMS

OF UPPER LEVEL EMPLOYEEES, RETURNING TO THE FOLD. GUARANTEES
THAT EARNING POWER OF HIGHER PAID WERE SUFFICIENTLY
PROTECTED WERE REINFORCED BY GOVT WAGES MINISTER BERTIL
LOFBERG PUBLICLY NOTING INCREASING DIFFICULTY GOVT WAS
HAVING IN RECRUITING AND HOLDING QUALIFIED PERSONNEL AT
SUPERVISORY LEVEL AND ABOVE. TOTAL AGREEMENT AND SOME
SPECIFIC POINTS NOT FAR FROM EARLIER LO-SAF PRIVATE SECTOR
AND COUNTY-MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' AGREEMENTS.

7. ONLY GENERAL ACCORD STILL UNSIGNED IS RENEGOITATED
FINAL YEAR OF CURRENT FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN
INDUSTRIAL WHITE COLLAR WORKERS AND SUPERVISORS AND SAF.

DUE TO CATCH-UP PROVISIONS IN FIVE-YEAR ACCORD, TOTAL
PACKAGE LIKELY TO BE SOMEWHAT HIGHER THAN THAT OBTAINED
IN OTHER THREE AGREEMENTS.

OLSEN

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Message Attributes

Automatic Decaptioning: X
Capture Date: 01 JAN 1994
Channei indicators: n/a
Current Classification: UNCLASSIFIED

Concepts: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AGREEMENTS, LABOR UNIONS, NEGOTIATIONS, LABOR OBJECTIVES

Control Number: n/a
Copy: SINGLE
Draft Date: 01 MAR 1974
Decaption Date: 01 JAN 1960
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Disposition Date: 01 JAN 1960
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Document Number: 1974STOCKFI00868

Document Source: CORE

Document Unique ID: 00

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Reference: (A) STOCKHOLM 0353; (B) STOCKHOLM 05, 79

Review Action: RELEASED, APPROVED

Review Authority: shawdg

Review Comment: n/a

Review Content Flags:

Review Date: 18 JUN 2002
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Review History: RELEASED <18 JUN 2002 by elbezefj>; APPROVED <04 DEC 2002 by shawdg>

Review Markings:

Declassified/Released
US Department of State
EO Systematic Review
30 JUN 2005

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Review Withdrawn Fields: n/a
Secure: OPEN
Status: NATIVE

Subject: GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES SIGN 1974 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
TAGS: ELAB, SW
To: STATE
Type: TE

Markings: Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 30 JUN 2005

Declassified/Released US Department of State EO Systematic Review 30 JUN 2005